Security Operations Centre Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 396 410
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 -50
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 34 27 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.41% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 28 23 41
10th Percentile £31,025 £41,800 £47,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £53,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +10.64%
75th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,987 6,521 8,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.82% 41.50% 45.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,050 3,014 4,370
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,941 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,920 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -30 15 £57,500 -11.54% 4
Yorkshire +75 14 £54,500 +11.22% 3
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (35.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (8.82%) IaaS
5 3 (8.82%) PaaS
5 3 (8.82%) SaaS
6 1 (2.94%) AWS
6 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) Firewall
2 5 (14.71%) Network Security
2 5 (14.71%) Wireshark
3 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.76%) WAN
4 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.94%) DKIM
5 1 (2.94%) DMARC
5 1 (2.94%) DNS
5 1 (2.94%) Internet
5 1 (2.94%) tcpdump
General
1 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Law
4 2 (5.88%) Legal
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) Lead
2 11 (32.35%) Security Engineer
3 10 (29.41%) Security Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Team Leader
5 4 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Information Security Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) SOC Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Operational Security Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Manager
8 1 (2.94%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 4 (11.76%) Cyberattack
3 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.94%) CSOC
6 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Android
2 4 (11.76%) Apple iOS
3 3 (8.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 30 (88.24%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (70.59%) SIEM
4 20 (58.82%) Incident Response
5 14 (41.18%) Information Security
6 12 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (32.35%) Cloud Security
8 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (23.53%) SOAR
10 7 (20.59%) Incident Management
10 7 (20.59%) Service Delivery
11 6 (17.65%) Analytics
11 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (17.65%) Runbook
11 6 (17.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 5 (14.71%) Data Loss Prevention
12 5 (14.71%) Ethical Hacking
12 5 (14.71%) Threat Detection
12 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 4 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) CISSP
2 5 (14.71%) CEH
2 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (11.76%) CCSP
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (11.76%) SANS
3 4 (11.76%) SSCP
4 3 (8.82%) CISM
5 2 (5.88%) Degree
5 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.94%) GCIA
6 1 (2.94%) GCIH
6 1 (2.94%) GIAC
6 1 (2.94%) GSEC
6 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) NIST
2 10 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (23.53%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (11.76%) Nmap
2 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Splunk
3 4 (11.76%) Qualys
3 4 (11.76%) Rapid7
3 4 (11.76%) Thycotic
4 1 (2.94%) Carbon Black